Joyce Guilty On Eight Counts In Fraud Trial
In the end, the jury looked past the medical documents. Former Superior Court Judge Michael T. Joyce was convicted Wednesday on charges that he lied about neck and back injuries and abused his position on the bench to receive a $440,000 payout from two insurance companies following a slow-speed automobile accident.
Sunshine Act
Is It Always Sunny in Philadelphia?
By Amaris Elliott-Engel
Free Article
Philadelphia Mayor Michael A. Nutter's decision to hold secret meetings with a quorum of City Council to discuss impending budget cuts, and the city solicitor's legal opinion in support of the practice, has sparked new debate over when elected officials cross a line between informal discussion and policy-making that must be done in the light of day.
Joyce Jury Hears Closing Arguments
It was former Superior Court Judge Michael T. Joyce's propensity to think the worst about his medical condition that led him to collect $440,000 in insurance claims after a slow-speed automobile accident in August 2001, one of his defense attorneys said today.
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Estates
Killer's Death Doesn't Negate Slayer's Act
By Peter Hall
The heirs of a man who murdered his estranged wife and then killed himself may not collect any part of the couple's estate under provisions of the Slayer's Act, a Superior Court panel has ruled in case where two sets of step-children fought over their dead parents' assets.
Jury Awards Verdict To Executive Injured During Laser Surgery
A Montgomery County jury awarded a $1.032 million verdict for a loss of earnings and pain and suffering to a marketing executive who suffered an eye injury during a trip to the doctor.
Slain Boy's Father Settles Claim After State Appeals Verdict
A Uniontown, Pa., man and state officials reached a $12.5 million settlement about seven months after a jury awarded Michael Hickenbottom, the father of a 12-year-old boy shot to death by two state police troopers, a $28 million-plus verdict.
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Featured Digests
Health Law
McBride v. Dept. of Public Welfare
Disability payments made pursuant to a policy of insurance are not sick pay. The Commonwealth court affirmed the order of the Department of Public Welfare (DPW) finding petitioners ineligible for medical assistance and food stamps.
Media Law
Morgenstern v. Fox Television
There is no fair report privilege for internal reports about investigations by public employers into public employees. The court partially granted but partially denied motions to dismiss.
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10/10/2008
Another Look at the McMahon Tape
Free ArticleIn Monday’s Law Weekly, Digests Editor J.R. Prince writes about Chief Justice Ronald D. Castille’s take on the latest of more than a dozen capital appeals to come before the state Supreme Court as a result of a 21-year-old training video produced by the D.A.’s office.
6/11/2008
McClain's Message to PBA: Folksy and Focused on Members
As laid back as his attire, incoming Pennsylvania Bar Association President C. Dale McClain’s address to the group’s House of Delegates last Friday merely touched upon his agenda for the year, focusing instead on the importance of individual members’ participation and his grandchildren.
5/16/2008
CourtWatch
Free ArticleIn the wake of his impassioned soliloquy on victims’ rights during an April 15 argument in a pair of death penalty cases, Justice Seamus P. McCaffery seemed subdued during this week’s arguments in Harrisburg.
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